Rankings and Ratings

Christiana Care Health System (Newark, Del.). Christiana Care dates back to 1890, and it has since become one of 20 U.S. hospitals with the most patient admissions each year and one of the country’s largest community-based teaching hospitals.  With more…

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s legacy began with the opening of its predecessor, the 12-bed Kaspare Cohn Hospital in Angeleno Heights in 1902. Now, the hospital is a world-renowned academic medical center and the largest nonprofit hospital…

Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.). As the Charlotte campus of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center is one of five teaching hospitals in the state. The 874-bed hospital is the flagship of Carolinas HealthCare System,…

Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas). Baylor University Medical Center was founded in 1903, when it opened as Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium in a 14-room renovated house with 25 beds. Now, the hospital is home to more than 20 specialty centers…

 Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center. Founded in 1888 with just 12 beds, Hackensack University Medical Center was the first hospital in New Jersey’s Bergen County. Now, the facility is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state. …

 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Founded in 1901, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is now the largest pediatric hospital in Southern California and performs more complex procedures than any other hospital in the area.  Children’s Hospital Los Angeles was ranked fifth in the…

Children’s Hospital Colorado (Aurora). Children’s Hospital Colorado was incorporated in 1908, but its history dates back to 1897 in tents — where a staff of six treated children under the age of five in the fresh air and sunshine, back…

Carle Foundation Hospital (Urbana, Ill.). Thanks to Margaret Burt Carle Morris’ $40,000 gift to the City of Urbana, Ill., Carle Foundation Hospital got its start in 1918. Today, the hospital is part of an integrated healthcare network owned by the…

Boston Children’s Hospital. Boston Children’s Hospital originally opened in 1869 as a 20-bed facility in Boston’s South End. Now, it is one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States and home to the world’s largest research enterprise…

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston). At the turn of the 20th century, Boston established two hospitals that would eventually become the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center that is known today. Methodist deaconesses founded Deaconess Hospital in 1896, and the…